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The chopsticks thing is really common in parts of Japan and Korea (and probably Taiwan too). In Japan at least they also like to open chip bags in the middle of the spine on the back and lay them flat in the middle of the table while people sit around and grab chips out of it with chopsticks. It's pretty dorky but I have to say I have done it before at my old job when I wanted to eat some chips or something and not get the computer/phone greasy with Dorrito dust or Lays oil. I also have done it while painting and playing board games since there are times when you don't want to get a $100+ board game covered in gross stuff.
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There are so many lifehacks that involve bread tags that tape would be better suited for without making you look like some kind of hoarder weirdo "no no, I'm saving these bread tags to repair my flip flops, sort my electronics cables, keep my crayons from rolling away, and to label my spice garden, they're not trash."
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Jul 11, 2014 00:01
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Woe to the white man whose crayons roll away. Woe I say.
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Jul 11, 2014 00:24
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Saw this a while back: Making pancakes by plopping some batter into a rice cooker. Who the gently caress wants this? Congratulations you now have a cake sized pancake that is poo poo to eat and didn't really save you any time or effort.
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Jul 11, 2014 00:32
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  Please ruin your electric plugs instead of spending a dollar on a screwdriver
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Jul 11, 2014 00:41
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Oh God, the burning Dorritos must smell awful 
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Jul 11, 2014 03:02
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cmndstab posted:Oh God, the burning Dorritos must smell awful No lie, I tried this last time I went camping and it worked. There was no smell to speak of.
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Jul 11, 2014 03:04
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Presumably the flaming chemicals immediately destroyed your sense of smell.
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Jul 11, 2014 03:10
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Why didn't they just burn that dry grass all around the doritoes? 
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Jul 11, 2014 03:19
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Painful Dart Bomb posted:Why didn't they just burn that dry grass all around the doritoes? Corn chips are loaded with oils and would hold a flame for longer than the grass. The grass would make good kindling, but the chip would would make a better igniter. That said, he's doing pretty much everything wrong.
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Jul 11, 2014 03:26
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kazil posted:Saw this a while back: Yeah it's kinda dumb but you do realize you cut it into slices just like a cake (then applying butter/syrup/etc) right? You don't just sit your goony butt down and eat the whole thing.
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Painful Dart Bomb posted:Why didn't they just burn that dry grass all around the doritoes? Yeah seriously. Also, here's my own little tip for y'all if you get stranded in a forest: you burn red dried out red pine needles for kindling, but use pine needles that are still green if you want to make smoke.
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Jul 11, 2014 03:27
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Actually, I remember an episode of Survivorman where he used a small amount of corn chips to start a fire. The oil they're cooked in helps make them just plain better than simple grass for starting a fire. Add the grass, too, sure, because you gotta build up to the twigs and limbs, but the corn chips do make a legit fuel in a pinch. Though anyone using most of these life-hacks isn't really in a pinch so much as they're just daft.
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Lotish posted:Actually, I remember an episode of Survivorman where he used a small amount of corn chips to start a fire. The oil they're cooked in helps make them just plain better than simple grass for starting a fire. Add the grass, too, sure, because you gotta build up to the twigs and limbs, but the corn chips do make a legit fuel in a pinch. Les Stroud is a national treasure and his show/book(s?) have legit saved at least a couple people.
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Jul 11, 2014 03:30
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I think the show's still on Netflix; I should give it a rewatch.
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Jul 11, 2014 03:31
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Pre-social media sites, I would be bored at work and would read news websites. After catching up on current events, and doing the crossword, I'd start reading the advice columns. Hints From Heloise had some loving stupid people writing in to share their ridiculous ideas. One woman had a solution for sweating water glasses at dinner parties leaving you with wet hands or water rings on the table. Her solution? Socks. Cut up some old socks and use the elastic portion that runs from the ankle up the shin to create a sleeve for the glasses. What kind loving stupid idiot would think that their guests would appreciate used socks around their glasses instead of drying their hands on napkins or using a loving coaster?
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Jul 11, 2014 03:35
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I used to buy those lovely Take a Break/Full House etc magazines a lot when waiting for the bus was like 30% of my day, and the top tips were always my favourite thing because most of them were just such stupid pointless poo poo. They were normally things like 'got a container that used to hold something but is now empty? use it as a container for a new and different thing!' Went hunting for some online and found all the ones I remember reading in the magazines that I particularly enjoyed:  Just looks poo poo.  Beautiful party decorations - tin foil and rocks!  In no way inconvenient when trying to read the book  'An event happened, so I used the function of a camera to create a visual reminder of it'
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Painful Dart Bomb posted:Why didn't they just burn that dry grass all around the doritoes? It's not like it was my only option, you twit. I saw the lovely Life-Hack, went camping some time later, had the chips and gave it a shot. That being said, it looked stupid and I wouldn't encourage it unless you, somehow, had no other options.
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dog days are over posted:I used to buy those lovely Take a Break/Full House etc magazines a lot when waiting for the bus was like 30% of my day, and the top tips were always my favourite thing because most of them were just such stupid pointless poo poo. They were normally things like 'got a container that used to hold something but is now empty? use it as a container for a new and different thing!' Whoa whoa whoa. Whoa. I can take a picture, and it will help the memory last longer? What witchery is this? Also I will now bring a bag of doritos with me whenever I travel in case I get stranded in the wilderness. I can use the food to light a fire so I can cook my food. Gonna put an emergency bag in my glove box.
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Stalin McHitler posted:There are so many lifehacks that involve bread tags that tape would be better suited for without making you look like some kind of hoarder weirdo 
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Truly bread tags are the pinnacle of human tool creation.
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Jul 11, 2014 06:54
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Eh, isn't this just a prank/being a dick?
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Jul 11, 2014 07:00
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Can't wait to see Non-Lathering Soap Prank In The Hood
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Jul 11, 2014 09:48
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I will also shamelessly admit to the chopsticks/crisps thing. I sometimes run a market type stall at events where the toilet is a ten minute walk and a 20 minute queue away so handwashing is a massive pain but I don't want to get dust and grease all over my expensive fabric merchendise, plus I usually have chopsticks left over from the Asian style lunches some of the other stalls serve.
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Jul 11, 2014 11:51
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"Eating Cheetos with chopsticks" is this generations "eating a Snickers bar with a knife and fork" joke. We just need, say, Amy Poheler to do it on-camera to make it official.
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El Estrago Bonito posted:$100+ board game Lol whut
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FutonForensic posted:Edit: Oh my God. Is this supposed to be a life hack for getting away with manslaughter?
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Trip Daddy X posted:Lol whut Want to spend $100,000 and $38 in shipping on a single board game follow this link to find out how. http://www.amazon.com/Once-Lifetime-Go-Board-Single/dp/B00CQZ8D8I/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1405078119&sr=1-2
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El Estrago Bonito posted:In Japan at least they also like to open chip bags in the middle of the spine on the back and lay them flat in the middle of the table while people sit around and grab chips out of it with chopsticks. I've lived in Japan for 6 years and not once have I seen people eating chips with chopsticks like retarded weeaboos.
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Opening the bag all the way down the middle and unfolding it into a flat sheet with a big pile of crisps in the middle is normal in some places (in the UK at least) for sharing them at a table. But chopsticks is a new one on me.
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Jul 11, 2014 14:00
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Trip Daddy X posted:Lol whut Board games can be really expensive. There are a lot of novelty chess sets on that page, but even excluding them there are a bunch of ordinary board games that are $100+.
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Tiggum posted:Board games can be really expensive. There are a lot of novelty chess sets on that page, but even excluding them there are a bunch of ordinary board games that are $100+. Most of the things are on that list due to stupid gouging, though. I used to own a couple games on that list and I threw them in the garbage when I moved.
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I remember watching this super shrimpers show on the tv in the UK. One tip to save money was to save the netting you get when you buy oranges. After you get a lot of them, bundle them together and you don't need to waste money on a scouring pad. You know those things that last a while and are like 3 for £1?
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I don't know what's wrong with using chopsticks. I don't like dirty fingers and don't you loving tell me napkins are sufficient. Don't you dare.
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Do you have running water in your home?
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Morpheus posted:I don't know what's wrong with using chopsticks. I don't like dirty fingers and don't you loving tell me napkins are sufficient. Are you trying to shovel entire handfulls into your mouth or what?
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This is obviously a parody or is my faith in humanity naive?
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